Native American societies, often viewed as unchanging, in fact experienced a rich process of cultural innovation in the millennia prior to recorded history. Societies of the Hocking River Valley in southeastern Ohio, part of the Ohio River Valley, created a tribal organization beginning about 2000 bc.
Edited by Elliot M. Abrams and Ann Corinne Freter, The Emergence of the Moundbuilders: The Archaeology of Tribal Societies in Southeastern Ohio presents the process of tribal formation and change in the region based on analyses of all available archaeological data from the Hocking River Valley. Drawing on the work of scholars in archaeology, anthropology, geography, geology, and botany, the collection addresses tribal society formation through such topics as the first pottery made in the valley, aggregate feasting by nomadic groups, the social context for burying their dead in earthen mounds, the formation of religious ceremonial centers, and the earliest adoption of corn.
Providing the most current research on indigenous societies in the Hocking Valley, The Emergence of the Moundbuilders is distinguished by its broad, comparative overview of tribal life.
Table des matières
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. The Archaeological Research History and Environmental Setting of the Hocking Valley
Elliot M. Abrams and Ann Corinne Freter - 2. A Preliminary GIS Analysis of Hocking Valley Archaic and Woodland Settlement Trends
Nicole I. Stump, James Lein, Elliot M. Abrams, and Ann Corinne Freter - 3. The Bremen Site: A Terminal Late Archaic Period Upland Occupation in Fairfield County, Ohio
Albert M. Pecora and Jarrod Burks - 4. The Walker Site: An Archaic/Woodland Hunting-Collecting Site in the Hocking Valley
Elliot M. Abrams and Sara De Aloia - 5. Late Archaic Community Aggregation and Feasting in the Hocking Valley
Marjorie Heyman, Elliot M. Abrams, and Ann Corinne Freter - 6. Woodland Communities in the Hocking Valley
David Crowell, Elliot M. Abrams, Ann Corinne Freter, and James Lein - 7. Woodland Ceremonialism in the Hocking Valley
Jeremy Blazier, Ann Corinne Freter, and Elliot M. Abrams - 8. The Swinehart Village Site: A Late Woodland Village in the Upper Hocking Valley
John F. Schweikart - 9. The Allen Site: A Late Prehistoric Community in the Hocking River Valley
Elliot M. Abrams, Christopher Bergman, and Donald A. Miller - 10. Late Prehistoric Agriculture and Land Use in the Hocking Valley
Dee Anne Wymer - 11. The Impact of Maize on Settlement Patterns in the Hocking Valley
Joseph E. Wakeman - 12. Tribal Societies in the Hocking Valley
Elliot M. Abrams and Ann Corinne Freter - References
- Index
A propos de l’auteur
Ann Corinne Freter is a professor of anthropology at Ohio University and has conducted archaeological research since 1982 in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and the Ohio River Valley. She is the coauthor of Copán: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Mayan Kingdom.
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